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Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender
Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender
On My Own History, On My Own History (Paperback), and On My Own History PB
Jeni Reeves, Illustrator
Paperback
SKU:9781575056982
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Eleven-year-old Willie McLean knows that General Lee will defeat the Yankees and win the Civil War, he just knows it. When a battle moves to the fields near his home in Appomattox, Virginia, Willie's thrilled--especially when General Lee, himself, comes to Willie's house! But then General Grant comes, too. Overhearing the two men talk, Willie hears one word: Surrender. Is the war really over?
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Book Details
Book Details
Age Range • 7-10
Pages • 48
Subjects • Appomattox Campaign • 1865 • Lee • Robert E • Grant • Ulysses S • McLean family • Appomattox (Va.) • United States • History • Civil War • 1861-1865
Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
Eleven-year-old Willie McLean knows that General Lee will defeat the Yankees and win the Civil War, he just knows it. When a battle moves to the fields near his home in Appomattox, Virginia, Willie's thrilled--especially when General Lee, himself, comes to Willie's house! But then General Grant comes, too. Overhearing the two men talk, Willie hears one word: Surrender. Is the war really over?
